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Chinese symbol for “submission”

束身
shù shēn
to bind oneself; submission

The closest CC-CEDICT match for submission is 束身 (shù shēn), defined as: to bind oneself; submission.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

束 shù
to bind, to control, to restrain; bale
radical 75 ⽊ · 7 strokes
身 shēn
body, torso; person; pregnancy
radical 158 ⾝ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 束身.

WordPinyinMeaning
结束 (結束)jié shùto end; to finish; to conclude
约束 (約束)yuē shùto restrict; to limit to
束缚 (束縛)shù fùto bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle
拘束jū shùto restrict; to restrain
光束guāng shùlight beam
束手无策 (束手無策)shù shǒu wú cèlit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
身体 (身體)shēn tǐthe body; one's health
身上shēn shangon the body; at hand

See also: Japanese symbol for “submission”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.